HOW TO REMOVE SHORTCUT VIRUS FROM USB DRIVE

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HOW TO REMOVE SHORTCUT VIRUS FROM USB DRIVE

Have you ever been in a situation whereby your USB Drive/Pendrive displays shortcuts only instead of showing your files?  You open your USB drive and there you go, all your files are gone. In their place are some ugly shortcuts leading to C:/windows/system32. You can no longer access your file. This is quite frustrating. This occurs from time to time more so if you put your drive into a computer that is infected with virus.
If you are a victim of such a horrible attack, do not worry, the following steps will help you solve this issue. Follow these steps every time such a problem occurs. On the other hand, you can prevent this problem by updating your antivirus software on regular basis.

To start with, I will present you with two options. Go through them carefully and make a decision on one of them depending on your situation.
Option 1
In case your drive does not contain crucial files, you can format it. Right click on the USB drive and select format. Remember that by formatting it, you will lose all files. SO, avoid this option if your drive has important files and instead, proceed to Option 2 below.

Option 2
Step 1. Go to start and search for cmd.  Right Click on it and Click “Run as Administrator“. (The screen shots used here are from a windows 10 machine. If you are using a different version of windows, the screen may differ but the steps remain basically the same)





Step 2. On cmd screen, navigate to your USB Drive by typing its letter. [ Let’s Say it is H], type H: and hit enter.



Step 3. Type ” del *.lnk ” (without the quotes) and Hit Enter.



Step 4. Finally type ” attrib -s -r -h *.* /s /d /l ”  ( without quote ) and hit Enter .


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